- Laxative: It is a good remedy for constipation, since it is a soft laxative (5 gr. a day of fluid extract)

- Skin: Applied as a plaster, made with tender smashed leaves, helps us to heal skin affections, such as wounds or scars, even tumors. Very suitable to treat skin spots, black eyes, etc.

- Varices and hemorrhoids: Being very rich in tanins, may be considered a good friend for skin. It also has relaxing properties for peripheral circulatory diseases ( Local baths with the plant decoction )

- Blood clots: Dandelion is one of the best remedies to increase urine output. By removing fluids, we improves blood circulation (infusion of dried leaves. Take 3 cups a day. The same infusion can also be done with the mixture of leaves with roots.)

- Hair loss: for their richness in iron, dandelion leaves help maintain good health of our hair, treating seborrhea or dandruff , preventing baldness or dry hair. (Eat fresh leaves in salad)

- Night blindness: Because of its helenin content and vitamin A, it stimulates the absorption of light. (Infusion for a quarter of an hour of a handful of flowering tops in half a liter of water. Take a couple of cups a day.)

- Anemia: Dandelion is a good appetizer to back the urge to feed the sick of anemia. Since, moreover, the plant species that contains in its most amount of iron, is understood as can be used to increase the levels of this mineral into the body. (Infusion of a spoonful of dried plant per cup of water. Drink 3 cups a day)

- Liver depurative : It is a good stimulant for liver and biliary function and is very useful in cases of hepatitis. Besides being one of the best diuretics, it increases urine output and cleanses the body of toxins by helping the liver to perform its function without having to working so hard. Very apropiate for alcoholism (Decoction of 100 g of roots in a liter of water. Take three cups a day) It is a very bitter plant (In fact this plant is also known as "amargon" in Spanish, which means "really bitter"), so it can be combined with previous or other plants such as mint, fennel or boldo.

For its cleansing and hepatoprotective properties, dandelion can be used to purify the blood of toxins and protect the liver from a possible degeneration in case of chemical poisoning. (Decoction of 100 gr of roots in 1.5 liters of water. Take three cups a day)

- Anorexia: In addition to its diuretic properties, dandelion is an edible wild plant with outstanding very appetizing bitter properties , when taken in combination with other vegetables or wild plants in salads. The flower buds before opening, and dressed in vinegar, are delicious and are also open appetite.

- Ovarian cysts: (Infusion of a spoonful of dry leaves. Three cups per day).

EDIBLE PROPERTIES OF DANDELION

Dandelion can be eaten as a fresh vegetable in salads, contributing to provide, besides vitamins, all the properties seen above, specially those referring to water elimination. It is worth adding that salads having this plant offer a pleasant bitter taste and it is very convenient to mix it with other similar wild herbs, like watercress,

It is very nutritive to mix it up with other depurative plants, like onions, celeries or carrots. And excellent soup can be prepared with them all, very rich in vitamins and with a great depurative power.


In herbalists' and shops dealing with dietetics you can buy dandelion juice , very ideal to undertake a spring cure.

Coffee substitute : roots, previously roasted and ground, are a solution to replace coffee; good enough to do the change and without the disadvantages of the original drink.